US11975693B2 - Wiper frame, in particular for a motor vehicle - Google Patents
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- B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
- B60S1/04—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
- B60S1/32—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by constructional features of wiper blade arms or blades
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- B60S1/3803—Wiper blades heated wiper blades
- B60S1/3805—Wiper blades heated wiper blades electrically
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
- B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
- B60S1/04—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
- B60S1/32—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by constructional features of wiper blade arms or blades
- B60S1/38—Wiper blades
- B60S1/3848—Flat-type wiper blade, i.e. without harness
- B60S1/3849—Connectors therefor; Connection to wiper arm; Attached to blade
- B60S1/3862—Transport of liquid there through
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
- B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
- B60S1/46—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices using liquid; Windscreen washers
- B60S1/48—Liquid supply therefor
- B60S1/52—Arrangement of nozzles; Liquid spreading means
- B60S1/522—Arrangement of nozzles; Liquid spreading means moving liquid spreading means, e.g. arranged in wiper arms
- B60S1/524—Arrangement of nozzles; Liquid spreading means moving liquid spreading means, e.g. arranged in wiper arms arranged in wiper blades
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60S—SERVICING, CLEANING, REPAIRING, SUPPORTING, LIFTING, OR MANOEUVRING OF VEHICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60S1/00—Cleaning of vehicles
- B60S1/02—Cleaning windscreens, windows or optical devices
- B60S1/04—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers
- B60S1/32—Wipers or the like, e.g. scrapers characterised by constructional features of wiper blade arms or blades
- B60S1/38—Wiper blades
- B60S2001/3827—Wiper blades characterised by the squeegee or blade rubber or wiping element
- B60S2001/3836—Wiper blades characterised by the squeegee or blade rubber or wiping element characterised by cross-sectional shape
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- the invention relates to a wiper blade, in particular for a motor vehicle.
- wiper blades for motor vehicles which have a wiper strip, a liquid channel for guiding cleaning liquid, and a heating device.
- Wiper blades of this kind have a heating device which heats the spring rail of the wiper blade. This is complicated and expensive to manufacture.
- the wiper blade according to the invention having the features of the main claim has the advantage that the heating device is arranged substantially within the liquid channel. This is simple and cost-effective to produce and, in addition, the heat of the heating device is applied directly where it is required.
- the heating device is particularly advantageous for the heating device to be in the form of a sheathed heating wire. Heating wires of this kind can be obtained in a cost-effective manner and can be inserted into the liquid channel in a simple manner.
- the heating wire comprises a plastics sheath which, advantageously, is inexpensive and has the required service life.
- the liquid channel has at least one opening for dispensing cleaning liquid, thus making a simple and cost-effective configuration possible.
- the openings are arranged distributed over the longitudinal extent of the wiper blade, since this ensures that the cleaning liquid is dispensed uniformly along the longitudinal extent.
- the wiper strip has a wiper lip and is formed in one piece therewith. In this way, the wiper strip can be extruded or injection-molded directly with the wiper lip.
- the wiper blade has a fastening means for fastening to a wiper arm, and the heating device is guided through the fastening means.
- the fastening means can also be heated in a simple manner.
- a liquid channel also runs through the fastening means in this case.
- the liquid channel in the fastening means prefferably has at least one opening for dispensing cleaning liquid, with the result that cleaning liquid can be dispensed directly out of the fastening means.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic side view of a wiper blade according to the invention
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic illustration of a cross section through a wiper strip of a wiper blade according to the invention
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic side view of a central portion of the wiper blade.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic side view of a wiper blade 10 according to the invention.
- the wiper blade 10 according to the invention comprises a spring rail 12 , which is formed from a strip steel and pre-bent in a convex manner. This produces a convex top side and a concave bottom side.
- a wiper strip 14 Fastened to the spring rail 12 , specifically to the concave bottom side of the spring rail 12 , is a wiper strip 14 which, in a mounted position, rests on a window of the motor vehicle.
- a wind deflecting strip 16 is fastened to that side of the spring rail 12 which faces away from the wiper strip 14 , that is to say to the convex top side.
- the wiper blade 10 has a longitudinal extent (double arrow L), a fastening means 18 being arranged approximately in the center of the longitudinal extent and being used to fasten the wiper blade 10 to a wiper arm which is not depicted here for reasons of clarity.
- End caps 20 are in each case provided at the ends of the longitudinal extent (double arrow L), said end caps closing off the wiper blade 10 along its longitudinal extent (double arrow L).
- FIG. 2 schematically shows a cross section through the wiper strip 14 of the wiper blade 10 according to the invention.
- the wiper strip 14 comprises a wiper lip 22 and a fastening region 24 .
- the wiper lip 22 is fastened to the fastening region 24 by way of a tilting web 26 .
- the fastening region 24 has a fastening element 28 which is used to fasten the wiper strip 14 to the spring rail 12 .
- the wiper strip 14 has a first liquid channel 30 and a second liquid channel 32 , through which cleaning liquid can be guided.
- the first liquid channel 30 has a first opening 34 through which cleaning liquid can be dispensed in the direction of the wiper lip 22 .
- the second liquid channel 32 has a second opening 36 by means of which cleaning liquid can also be dispensed in the direction of the window or the wiper lip 22 .
- a heating device 38 is arranged within the first liquid channel 30 and the second liquid channel 32 .
- the heating device 38 comprises a heating wire which is provided with a plastics sheath for insulation with respect to the cleaning liquid.
- a ceramic sheath it is also possible for a ceramic sheath to be provided.
- the fastening element 28 has two grooves 40 , into which a respective part of a two-part spring rail 12 can be inserted.
- any other fastening to the spring rail 12 is also possible here.
- an adhesive connection or a force-fit connection it is also possible for an adhesive connection or a force-fit connection to be provided.
- FIG. 3 shows a schematic side view of the central region with the fastening means 18 of the wiper blade 10 according to the invention.
- the first openings 34 are arranged distributed along the longitudinal extent (double arrow L).
- the fastening means 18 engages over the fastening region 24 of the wiper strip 14 .
- the first liquid channel 30 is arranged in the fastening region 24 .
- the first liquid channel 30 branches off in the region of the fastening means 18 , such that a liquid supply (not depicted here) from the wiper arm can be fed to the first liquid channel 30 , with the result that cleaning liquid can flow into the first liquid channel 30 .
- the heating device 38 runs within the first liquid channel 30 , which partially runs within the fastening means 18 .
- the fastening means 18 has a fastening eye to which the wiper arm can be fastened.
- the fastening variants known from the prior art are suitable.
- the fastening eye 14 may be embodied as a bolt or as an opening, with which a bolt of the wiper arm or an opening of the wiper arm correspondingly engages.
- the first liquid channel 30 does not also have to run through the fastening means 18 , but merely through the heating device 38 . Liquid would then be applied to the first liquid channel 30 at another location.
- the fastening means 18 is formed from plastic, but may also be formed from metal in a variation.
- the first openings 34 or the second openings 36 may also be provided with nozzle elements, such that suitable spray characteristics are obtained.
- FIG. 3 shows only the first liquid channel 30 in each case.
- the second liquid channel 32 ( FIG. 2 ) would be directly behind it, such that the description given with respect to the first liquid channel 30 correspondingly applies to this second liquid channel 32 .
- first liquid channel 30 and/or the second liquid channel 32 may also be formed separately from the wiper strip 14 . It is thus also possible for the first liquid channel 30 and/or the second liquid channel 32 to be arranged as separate channels on the spring rail 12 . Furthermore, the first liquid channel 30 may also run exclusively in the fastening means 18 , the first opening 34 or the second opening 36 also being provided only in the fastening means. The heating device 38 then likewise runs only in the fastening means 18 .
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| DE102019216431.5A DE102019216431A1 (en) | 2019-10-25 | 2019-10-25 | Wiper blade, in particular for a motor vehicle |
| DE102019216431.5 | 2019-10-25 | ||
| PCT/EP2020/076730 WO2021078467A1 (en) | 2019-10-25 | 2020-09-24 | Wiper frame, in particular for a motor vehicle |
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| US3936901A (en) | 1974-09-17 | 1976-02-10 | Theckston Dana L | Wiper blade with embedded heating element |
| GB2121681A (en) | 1982-05-06 | 1984-01-04 | John Keen | Windscreen wash system with electrical heating means |
| US4497083A (en) | 1983-09-14 | 1985-02-05 | Nielsen Jr Edward M | Heated windshield wiper |
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| US5539951A (en) | 1995-12-08 | 1996-07-30 | Guell; Ronald R. | Wiper blade assembly including heating and fluid dispensing means |
| EP1418100A1 (en) | 2002-11-08 | 2004-05-12 | Peugeot Citroen Automobiles S.A. | Wiper blade for a windscreen wiper of a motor vehicle |
| DE102004007351A1 (en) | 2004-02-16 | 2005-09-01 | Volkswagen Ag | Washer fitting for windscreen wiper has a hollow wiper arm fitted with an adaptor with washer jets and supporting the wiper blade assembly |
| DE102008020227A1 (en) | 2008-04-22 | 2009-11-12 | Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage | Wiper blade and windscreen wiper system with such a wiper blade |
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| DE202016104003U1 (en) | 2016-04-01 | 2016-08-08 | Robert Bosch Gmbh | Spraying device for a wiper blade |
| US20160229377A1 (en) | 2015-02-05 | 2016-08-11 | Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage | Nozzle for a vehicle window wiper |
| DE112014005838T5 (en) | 2013-12-20 | 2016-09-08 | Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage | Carrying device for a wiper system of a vehicle window |
| CN109421674A (en) | 2017-08-31 | 2019-03-05 | 罗伯特·博世有限公司 | Windshield wiper blade, the windshield wiper blade in particular for motor vehicle |
| DE102018210758A1 (en) | 2018-06-29 | 2020-01-02 | Robert Bosch Gmbh | Double wiper lip |
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| US3936901A (en) | 1974-09-17 | 1976-02-10 | Theckston Dana L | Wiper blade with embedded heating element |
| GB2121681A (en) | 1982-05-06 | 1984-01-04 | John Keen | Windscreen wash system with electrical heating means |
| US4497083A (en) | 1983-09-14 | 1985-02-05 | Nielsen Jr Edward M | Heated windshield wiper |
| DE3545784A1 (en) | 1984-12-21 | 1986-09-04 | Hans 3044 Neuenkirchen Wolters | Wiper arm for wipers, in particular for motor vehicles |
| DE4124360A1 (en) | 1991-07-23 | 1993-01-28 | Arthur Mueller | Wear-free microedge for windscreen wiper blade - introduces heated air to create drive cushion between blade and screen |
| US5426814A (en) | 1994-01-31 | 1995-06-27 | Minnick; Leonard J. | Heated windshield wiper with fluid dispensing means |
| US5539951A (en) | 1995-12-08 | 1996-07-30 | Guell; Ronald R. | Wiper blade assembly including heating and fluid dispensing means |
| EP1418100A1 (en) | 2002-11-08 | 2004-05-12 | Peugeot Citroen Automobiles S.A. | Wiper blade for a windscreen wiper of a motor vehicle |
| DE102004007351A1 (en) | 2004-02-16 | 2005-09-01 | Volkswagen Ag | Washer fitting for windscreen wiper has a hollow wiper arm fitted with an adaptor with washer jets and supporting the wiper blade assembly |
| DE102008020227A1 (en) | 2008-04-22 | 2009-11-12 | Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage | Wiper blade and windscreen wiper system with such a wiper blade |
| WO2010034447A1 (en) | 2008-09-26 | 2010-04-01 | Valeo Systemes D'essuyage | Wiper arm/wiper blade connection, wiper blade and windscreen wiper installation |
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| WO2012089599A1 (en) | 2010-12-30 | 2012-07-05 | Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage | Wiper blade for the cleaning of windows of motor vehicles |
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